The nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client who was just started on peritoneal dialysis (PD). Which instruction does the nurse provide to this client regarding protein intake?
a. "Your protein needs will not change, but you may take more fluids."
b. "You will need more protein now because some protein is lost by dialysis."
c. "Your protein intake will be adjusted ac-cording to your predialysis weight."
d. "You no longer need to be on protein re-striction."
B
When renal disease has progressed and requires treatment with dialysis, increased protein is re-quired in the diet to compensate for protein losses through peritoneal dialysis. The other state-ments are inaccurate.
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